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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

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Through comment conversations with many of you I tried to emphasize that it isn’t enough to just have one attribute. Your financial risks of starting most technology companies these days are so low. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009).

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

One of things I’ve loved the most about doing now 11 weeks of This Week in VC is a chance to have an hour-long recorded conversation with investors. One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO.

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The Future of Web Startups

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October 2007 (This essay is derived from a keynote at FOWA in October 2007.) Startups are undergoing the same transformation that technology does when it becomes cheaper. Its a pattern we see over and over in technology. Standardization When technology makes something dramatically cheaper, standardization always follows.

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